Rogue One star, Ben Mendelsohn admitted at the UK Special Screening of Andor 2 that he actually doesn't really like the Empire anymore after shooting the second series of the Star Wars spin-off. He also said If he'd have known he'd be in a Star Wars Movie - he would have worried a lot less in life!
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00:00Relax, relax. It's a dirty job. Someone's got to do it.
00:04Oh, shoot. Now I see what you're talking about.
00:07I like the long hair.
00:08Oh, thank you.
00:09I really like it.
00:11Silver fox.
00:12Yeah, you know.
00:14It's a dirty job. Someone's got to do it.
00:16It's a dirty job. I love that. Put on a T-shirt.
00:19Welcome to London. This is pretty epic.
00:21Yeah.
00:21It's all for you, Ben. You know that, right?
00:23Well, you know what?
00:25Oh, shoot.
00:27Now I see what you're talking about.
00:28Does it ever get, like, do you pinch yourself?
00:32You're in a Star Wars spin-off.
00:34As a kid, you must have been in the playground.
00:36No, literally.
00:37I often say, yeah, listen, if I'd have known
00:39that I was going to be in a Star Wars movie,
00:42I'd have worried a lot less in my life.
00:45You know what I mean?
00:46That's really interesting.
00:47Well, you know, like, it's awesome.
00:49So if you can go back to five-year-old Ben,
00:51you'd whisper in his ear, you're going to be in Star Wars.
00:53I'm not that old.
00:54Okay.
00:54You know, I'm close, but no cigar.
00:58You know, but if I could go back to the age
01:02where I first saw Star Wars and, oh, dude, it's not that far off.
01:09You know, it might be splitting hairs.
01:10Yeah, sorry.
01:11But, yeah, I don't know that I'd have told him that.
01:13I might have waited until he was a little bit older
01:14and just going, hey, calm down.
01:16Don't worry about it.
01:17Tenth person, maybe.
01:18Maybe tenths, maybe teens, you know, maybe 20, maybe 30.
01:23You know, I'd have told him to relax, relax.
01:26Really?
01:26But do you honestly feel like that?
01:27You wish you could have chilled out a bit more in your acting career?
01:30Not in my acting career.
01:31Who cares about that?
01:33I mean, no, I'm talking about as a human.
01:36You know, I would have relaxed, you know,
01:37I would have worried less.
01:39I love that.
01:40As a human, not a acting career.
01:42So has it all turned out pretty nicely for you, then?
01:44You're pretty happy with how it's worked out.
01:46It's gone, OK, look, we're here talking, aren't we?
01:48Well, that wouldn't happen if I, you know.
01:50You're now best friends, which is great.
01:51I over-aged you, I'm so sorry.
01:56But you've got flavour.
01:58Yeah.
01:58And you're fun.
01:59Spice.
02:00Spice.
02:01Yeah, there you go.
02:02So this is series two of Andor.
02:03Yes, series two of Andor.
02:04And you're very, very aware throughout it
02:06that Rogue One was on the horizon.
02:07Or was it just really sad?
02:10No.
02:11No, I mean, I'd already done Rogue One,
02:13so it wasn't like, I'm so sad about it.
02:15You know what happens, of course you do, yeah.
02:18Oh, a bit.
02:19I mean, you know, a bit.
02:22And what was the best thing about the spin-off?
02:23Because you were in Rogue One.
02:25Did it kind of meet your expectations?
02:27Did you enjoy it?
02:28We're talking about Rogue One?
02:30Or this?
02:31Andor, yeah, spin-off.
02:32The best thing about it is...
02:35The best thing about it is seeing how this gets done
02:40and seeing what gets done to various of these characters
02:44and how it gets done.
02:46That's what's the best about it.
02:48And really, to just step out of it for a second,
02:51it's really kind of...
02:52I mean, there are moments where I've been like,
02:58I don't think I like the Empire anymore.
03:01You know, it's really like, there's...
03:04It's pretty good.
03:08Wow, you've got a feeling of heart breaking.
03:09It's pretty good.
03:10Yeah, it's pretty good.
03:11Can you hear the noise
03:12and there's hearts breaking out everywhere?
03:14No, they'll deal.
03:15Once they see it, they'll know what I'm talking about.
03:18They'll know what I'm talking about.
03:19That's amazing.
03:20This is...
03:21This is significantly more...
03:25than...
03:26And Tony told me,
03:28a bit of romance, innit?
03:29Oh, sure.
03:30Any romance for you in this?
03:32Oh, you'll have to watch, won't you?
03:34There's always romance when I...
03:35Stellan said his character might even be naked.
03:37Who knows?
03:40You never know,
03:41because romance can happen
03:42between these poles of, you know,
03:44opposites, as it were.
03:46I love that.
03:47And what about May the 4th?
03:49It's fast approaching.
03:50How does Ben celebrate May the 4th?
03:54That's Star Wars Day.
03:56Oh, yeah.
03:57I don't celebrate it.
03:58I don't need to.
03:59I mean, one of the things is,
04:01if you do it, you make it,
04:03you don't need to celebrate it, per se.
04:06You are it, you know?
04:08That's it.
04:09I let myself...
04:10I let my little bit in it be celebrated.
04:13That's what I do.
04:14I sit and wait.
04:17May 4th is here.
04:19Okay, I'm here.
04:21That's what I wait for.
04:22Oh, that's amazing.
04:23And just final note.
04:24Really?
04:25You didn't want to leave it at that?
04:26Okay, yeah.
04:26Well, May 25.
04:27I want more Ben.
04:28What happens next?
04:29You mean, what happens next for me as a human?
04:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:33Oh, you know, I'm doing my do.
04:34I'm out there, you know.
04:37There'll be stuff.
04:38I can't wait to see that now.
04:42I hope we get to do this again.
04:44Thanks, mate.
04:44Have a good night.
04:45Bye.
04:45Bye.
04:46So...
04:53Bye.
04:54Bye.
04:54Bye.
04:54Bye.
05:08Bye.